[vcf-midatlantic] Friday classes @ VCF East

[Laura S. Reinhard]

Noob approves 🤓
On Jan 18, 2019, 12:41 PM -0500, Jameel Akari via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>, wrote:
>
> I'm not really a n00b, but I'd go to this as well. I've got tons of
> cleaning to do and it's always good to get a refresher / best-practices
> checkup.
>
> (And maybe this year I'd get there Friday...)
>
> /jka
>
> >
> >
> > On Jan 18, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Tony Bogan <thebogans at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was tossing around the idea of doing a “basic Restoration and
> > troubleshooting your micro computer collection for beginners” class
> > focused on Apple II and compact Macs specifically, since those are in
> > my wheelhouse. Obviously some of the cleaning and basic techniques
> > would apply to other types of machines.
> >
> > The idea is people starting a collection or even those who may have
> > vintage micros but are just starting to add Apple II and/or Compact
> > Macs to their collection and are looking for tips, hints, ideas of
> > where to start and what to do.
> >
> > No oscilloscopes or multimeters, just the basics of cleaning, testing,
> > simple troubleshooting as well as where to find helpful information .
> > I even considered either CDs (which I already have the ISO file to
> > make them, but CDs are fading from daily use) or cheap usb sticks to
> > give to attendees that already have a nice collection of the manuals
> > and how-to books and service notes I’ve collected over the years in
> > pdf format.
> >
> > My concern is the focus may be too narrow to garner any amount of
> > attendance since 90% of the focus is Apple specific.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Tony
>
> --
> Jameel Akari